Fata Morgana (1971 film)

Fata Morgana
Screenshot from the sequence
"Scientist with Monitor Lizard"
Directed byWerner Herzog
Written byWerner Herzog
Produced byWerner Herzog
Narrated byLotte H. Eisner
Wolfgang Büchler
Manfred Eigendorf
CinematographyJörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Music byBlind Faith
Third Ear Band
Leonard Cohen
Production
company
Release date
  • 19 April 1971 (1971-04-19)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Fata Morgana is a 1971 film by Werner Herzog, shot in 1968 and 1969, which captures mirages in the Sahara and Sahel deserts. Herzog also wrote the narration by Lotte H. Eisner, which recounts the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh.